Summer Studios for Young Artists Instructor | Peninsula School of Art

Peninsula School of Art (PenArt), a non-profit visual arts education center in Fish Creek, WI, is seeking two part-time instructors for summer children’s and teen visual arts workshops. Under the supervision of the Director of Education, Summer Studios for Young Artists Program instructors are responsible for planning and implementing a visual arts workshop program that is creative, safe and developmentally appropriate for students ages 3½ to 17 years old. The Summer Studios for Young Artists Program runs for nine weeks from June 17 through August 16, 2019. Each week consists of four-day (Monday-Thursday) workshops – students are divided by age group – and a Friday morning, drop-in arts making experiences for children and families. Workshops are dedicated to a specific media, from drawing to sculpture to printmaking to ceramics and beyond. Instructors are responsible for teaching age-appropriate workshops that encourage skill building, creative problem solving, and experimentation.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Organize, develop, implement, and coordinate visual arts lessons in keeping with the objectives, themes, and media specified in the workshop catalog.

Teach knowledge and skills in art through engaging demonstrations and hands-on activities.

Enthusiasm for working with youth and teens from a wide range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.

Able to handle classroom situations with fairness and patience.

Committed, dependable, organized, flexible, competent, and have the ability to adapt.

To Apply:

Please email a letter of interest discussing your prior experience, reasons for applying, and skills that you bring to this position; resume; and list of three references, including name, title, email, and daytime phone, to workshop@peninsulaschoolofart.org by March 22nd.